PROGRAM BASICS & REQUIREMENTS
When/how often classes meet:
Evenings
Via the Internet (scheduled)
Core MBA curriculum last revised
| Before 2000 |
| Accelerated MBA program offered? | Yes |
| Average number of students in a core class | 25 |
| Average number of students in an elective class | 15 |
| Accelerated part-time program offered? | Yes |
Graduation requirements:
Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
| Credits required to complete part-time program | n/a |
TEACHING METHODS
Teaching Methods:
| Case study | 40% |
| Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) | n/a |
| Experiential learning | 5% |
| Lecture | 40% |
| Simulations | 2% |
| Team projects | 10% |
| Other | n/a |
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SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS
Part-time MBAs may concentrate in the following subjects:
Accounting
E-commerce
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Global Sales Management
Health Care Administration
International Business
International Finance
Marketing
Strategy
AREAS OF STUDY, COURSEWORK & ELECTIVES
The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Finance
General Management
Global Sales Management
Human Resource Management
Supply Chain Management
| Total hours in class per week | 6 |
| Total hours of work outside of class per week | 12 |
| Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: | n/a |
New electives added in the past academic year:
n/a
JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS
Joint-degree programs offered to part-time students:
JD/M Taxation
JD/MS Management-HR
OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS
Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
Master of Accounting
Master of Human Resources
Master of Science in Accountancy/Accounting Information Systems
Master of Science in Management Information Systems
Master of Taxation
B-SCHOOL FACULTY
Part-Time Program Faculty:
| Same faculty as full-time MBA program | 100% |
| Adjunct faculty | 29% |
| Tenured faculty | 49% |
| Faculty with at least five years full-time corporate experience | 13% |
B-School Faculty:
| Full-time faculty in residence over past academic year | 70 |
| Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past academic year | 43% |
| Tenured professors | 41 |
| Of those, what percentage are: |
| | Female | 20% |
| Underrepresented minorities1: | 7% |
| Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisers | 1% |
| Have owned a business | 1% |
(1) Defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. Asian
Americans are not included in the minority percentage.
STUDENT LIFE
| Part-time students have their own area/center on campus? | No |
| Part-time students have access to lockers on campus? | No |
| Part-time students have access to break-out room on campus? | Yes |
B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
n/a
B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
International Club
Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a
Active intramural sports teams:
n/a
Editor's note: While the B-school may not have an active club in an area that interests you, the greater university system may.
TECHNOLOGY
| Wireless network in main B-school buildings | Yes |
| University's investment in technology within the B-school over the past three years | $505,905 |
Technology changes made over the past three years:
80% of classrooms are enhanced with overhead projectors, large screens, VCR, DVD, laptop interface, and Internet access. Wireless networking access is campus wide. Four computer labs & one portable laptop lab have 218 computers with LCD monitors. Four new servers were added, 3 new network printers and three new overhead projectors. One server supports terminal services with several major software applications loaded. Students work with these applications at their convenience on or off campus.
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